英文歌曲背後的故事之四

歌名：My Long Lost Pen Pal

2005年的歌算是老歌嗎?

Hello　哈囉 Do you remember me　你記得我嗎 I am your long lost pen pal　我是你失聯已久的筆友 It must have been ten years ago we last wrote　距離我們上次通信一定有十年了吧 I don't really know what happened　我不知道到底發生了什麼事了 I guess life came in the way　我猜是生命自有其安排 Let me know if you're still alive　讓我知道你是否還活著 Let me know if you ever used that knife or not　讓我知道你是否用了那把刀

Hello　哈囉 Yes I remember you　是的，我記得你 I've got a husband and two children now　我已經有先生和三個小孩了 I work as an accountant and make fairly good money　我是個會計，薪水還不錯　 I still have your letters, you used a pink pen to write them　我還留著你的信，我記得你都用一枝粉紅的筆寫信 And you would comfort me　 When my tears would stain the ink　當我的眼淚暈開墨水時，你總能安慰我 And I would send you mix tapes with Kate Bush on　我還寄給你Kate Bush的混音錄音帶 I have to admit I sometimes lied in those letters 我必須承認有時候在信裡說了謊 Tried to make life better than it was　試著讓我的生活看起來比真實情況好一些 I still wasn't kissed at sixteen　我十六歲了都沒有初吻 And I still need a friend　我現在還需要你當我的朋友 There was this letter　 I never told you this back then　 But it would be fair to say it saved my life　我之前不曾告訴你，但這麼說是很公允的，你的這封信救了我一命 I sat in the window　 The only one left out from a party again　我獨坐窗前，在派對上我又被孤立了 Pretty sure I didn't have a single friend　我很確定我一個朋友也沒有 Then I checked the mailbox　然後我查看了信箱（收到你的來信）

Dear long lost penpal　我失聯已久的筆友 I was lying the whole time　我一直在說謊 I'm really a 46 years old man named Luke　我叫路克，我已經46歲　 I have three children　我有三個孩子 And a wife, she doesn't care　和一個根本不關心我的老婆 And I hope you don't resent me　我希望你不要討厭我 And I hope you do not hate me　我希望你不要恨我 For trying to find my way back to what it's like to be young　我只是想找回年輕時的感覺 I have to admit I sometimes lied in those letters　我必須承認有時候在信裡說了謊 Tried to make life better than it was　試著讓我的生活看起來比真實情況好一些 I still wasn't kissed at sixteen　我十六歲了都沒有初吻 And I still need a friend　我現在還需要你當我的朋友

這三段歌詞分別是由三個主角的視角唱著，從第一個女主角信中，而收信的筆友似乎先前有自殺的打算，但這封關心後續狀況的信，卻隔了十年才又寄出，也立即得到了回信，這封信看似來得恰是時候，因為對方在現實中還是孤獨一人，也還需要筆友的友情，來撫慰人在群體中卻還是覺得孤單的心靈。

最後一段劇情卻直轉急下，原來寄件人是冒名頂替的，寫信的人根本是個在家沒地位的中年大叔，只想藉由書信重溫年輕時的感覺，書信往返之際，二人都坦承，為了讓對方覺得自己生活沒過得太糟，在信中都說了謊，筆友是他們現實生活中唯一可分享心情的筆友。

ＭV中三人輪流坐在桌書前，提筆寫信傾訴心情，搭配著很能撫慰人的大提琴，沒太大起伏的旋律，卻表現著濃濃的無奈與無助。